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The Skytop Observatory

The Skytop Observatory is a quest for level 10-70 in The Waking Shores. It is step 8 of 18 in the In Defense of Life storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in The Waking Shores at 75.2, 55.0. It rewards 1,200 experience and money.

Description

Those are the basics of riding a drake! You are doing quite well.

Now, I would like to introduce you to some of the others involved in this adventure. We have made a home for ourselves over at the Skytop Observatory.

Celormu will be able to help guide you there. Speak to him when you feel ready to take to the skies!

See you there!

Rewards

Money2 gold80 silver90 copper
Experience1,200 XP
Top Comments

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Himela+57via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

In every expansion there is something that makes players waste their time and want to break the PC and quit WoW. This quest is this expansion's torture. You have to start the race, press 1 so you get speed, pass the first 4 circles with that speed, press 2 to get some height, pass ring 5 and use 1 again to go fast to ring 6, 7, 8. If you don't manage to do that 100% correctly, you are transfered back to the start. And then, oops, you do it again. And again. And again.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP1,200
MoneyGold2g 80s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapThe Waking ShoresTurn-in marker at 75.2, 55.0, 4 mapped points
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Where to go

Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.

The Waking Shores Quest turn-in 4 mapped points
The Waking Shores map showing where to go for The Skytop ObservatoryTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2022 75.2 55.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Waking Shores 75.2, 55.0/way #2022 75.2 55.0
  • Objective areaThe Waking Shores 57.7, 66.7/way #2022 57.7 66.7
  • Objective areaThe Waking Shores 73.0, 55.6/way #2022 73.0 55.6

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Nearby on the Waking Shores map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on The Waking Shores, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Waking Shores:

  • Skytop Observatory, The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 110 yards south
  • Rebuff Lookout, The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 110 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 1,500 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 170 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 1,500 yards south-west

Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.

Quest Line

Storyline

In Defense of Life

Part 8 of 18.

Previous: The Need For Higher Velocities · Next: Skyriding Talents and You

  1. 3Skyriding
  2. 4How to Glide with Your Dragon
  3. 5How to Dive with Your Dragon
  4. 6How to Use Momentum with Your Dragon
  5. 7The Need For Higher Velocities
  6. 8The Skytop Observatory
  7. 9Skyriding Talents and You
  8. 10Return to the Ruby Lifeshrine
  9. 11Training Wings
  10. 12Who Brought the Ruckus?
  11. 13The Primary Threat
  12. 14Basalt Assault

Showing steps 3 to 14 of 18.

Also part of: Introduction to Dragonriding (part 5 of 7), The Waking Shores (part 20 of 52).

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Need For Higher VelocitiesThe Waking Shores · Level 10-70

    Sometimes you'll need to travel longer distances. If you don't need to travel up and over any obstacles using Surge Forward is the easiest way to maintain a good forward speed to prevent yourself from plummeting out of the sky.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Skyriding Talents and YouThe Waking Shores · Level 10-70

    Obviously, it is not just Glensera and myself that are invested in these adventurers. Lithragosa is also excited to help you hone your dragonriding skills, and you have already met Celormu which is excellent. Your next stop is to speak to Lithragosa, who can show you what skills you can learn!

The storyline at a glance

In Defense of Life has 18 steps, from For the Benefit of the Queen to Exeunt, Triumphant.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Waking Shores (18).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

  • Waking Hope Complete the following storylines in the Waking Shores.

Other storylines on The Waking Shores map

Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.

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The Skull of Gul'dan
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The Skybreaker
The Skyhorn Tribe
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